"So promise me you'll never forget...that you aren't an accident or an incident...you are a gift to the world, a divine work of art, signed by God. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on this earth...Flooded by emotion, overcome by pride, the Starmaker turns to us, one by one, and says, 'You are my child. I love you dearly.'" Max Lucado, God Thinks You're Wonderful







Friday, January 27, 2012

Eeeek. Blog fail

Sorry I haven't posted in so long! I am gearing up for the half marathon so running plus mothering 4 babes and being an awesome wife (totally kidding-I am only subpar) leaves little blog time!!!! We joined the Y!!! It has been so much fun for the kids to get to play basketball! What a great picture.


This is our new favorite hang out spot! Especially when the weather is too cold for the park.





I think they are worn out!! How cute is this?


And here's our little cheerleader! She loves banging on the seats!!!


A visit to the aquarium again. Isn't she crazy beautiful?!?!


I did Sadie's hair last Friday. I did flat rope twists up into one puff! I LOVED how it turned out! It officially lasted a week! Completely thrilled with that.


I think they feel comfortable at the aquarium, don't you??


MLK Jr. day parade in Atlanta! What a wonderful day to live in this city!


Sadie sporting her adorable faux frohawk. I LOVE doing her hair! She had so much fun watching the parade.


This was the closest we got to a family pic, thank you Owen for taking it!!!



HOW COOL! Not sure what group this was but they sang and stomped and there were lots of races amongst them...do you see Ebenezer Baptist Church behind them? This is THE church that Martin Luther King, Jr. himself preached at!



Oh man...I love this picture. I am quite certain that I have the best husband alive. He also is the best daddy alive. I am not partial at all by the way.


So you might be wondering...we were 2 of only a dozen other white people at the parade. As sad as I am that more of my Caucasian friends don't come to these parades, some comments from other patrons are less than encouraging. One guy was trying to sell me a picture of MLK so he hollered at me, "You look like you come to these things all of the time." What do I say to that? I wanted to yank him by the ear pulling him aside to remind him that my children could feel the stares and his comment did not help them feel like they belong here. Matter of fact, us being here was the complete reason MLK Jr spent his life preaching about love, acceptance and equal rights. Blake and I were so thankful that with each year that we go to the parade, or maybe as we mature, we feel more comfortable and sweat less ;)




Oh lands. This might just be an all time favorite pic of mine. How in the world am I so blessed?!?!

5 comments:

Katie said...

you are rocking the hair!

Nate, Abbey, Noah, Blaire and Tatum said...

Love that sweet last pic!

Anonymous said...

Oh, my goodness! What a wonderful post! And that picture of your hubby and Sadie.. brought tears to my ears and warmed my heart! Love it! That is priceless!

Oh, and her hair looks GREAT! Go mama!!! I have to pay someone to do Madisyn's... I need lessons!!

Have a great weeek!

Maya

Anonymous said...

I love your blog! It always brings tears and happiness that you and your husband are so open to all people and situations. The world needs more of you! And your girls hair is beautiful and growing so much!

Sweet Patience said...

Nice pictures! I am glad that you all made it to the parade. It is a very nice experience for the little ones as well.